The Republican journal., 1887-10-27
SIDEWALK CROWDS.
How They Collect and Obstruct rcs,cs-
TRANS.
MARY JANE.
Especial Correspondence


Especial Correspondence
NE" YORK, Oct. 25.--In places remote
from the metropolis q theory obtains to tho
effect that in New York crowds never collect
On the sidewalk anG remain standing; that
lhcy move on and dare not stop. 1t is a mis-
take Ihis Is the place where crowds collect
IN The shortest and stand the longest time
mo sight of an ambulance bach Il up in
'front.' OF q door gathers Il Grove, at once
Everybody who come; along not actually
uiloef contract 10 be at Il certain place at a
certain hour stops. Many 90 not hesitate 10
snap Their engagements short off on such oc-
c;'slols The entire thlons stand hou, after
hour waiting to Sc, tho sick or manrlcl Dor
son brought out and put into tho ambu-
lance. They don't know his narlo or
"haJ has happened to him. and they
arc not likely to know; but they
want to SEQ him all the same This is not
sympathy. 1t is curiosity of the id!cst and
most profitless kind Wen dlcsse,l and III
dressed women arc in the throns SO arc
men with high silk hats and mon witt, scarcely
hat to their names. Boys. servant maids
lttle children and very old folk arc also
There Rain or storm has no effect on them:
neither the fiery beams of the sun nor tho
piercing tooth of tho wind They are thcro
TO see that man or that woman brourht ont
and put in that wagon: and they refuse to be
thwartcd of their intent,
And again, observe q window where three
or four pasteboarl animals are formed info
an orchestra and kept in motion bv clca-
triclty. Behold the crowd Its interest never
"anes. Some faces and they arc not i,1vc-
nile ones, either, arc glued to tho glass Of tho
window for hours. Anything in the nature
OF perpetual motion is astonishinelv fascina
ting to the multitude.
and as the holidays approach and auto
matte attractions arc placed in show Win
dows, tho sidewalks about these places he
come impossible Never for a moment does
the crowd thin ont Others immediately
take the places Of all who leave
IN window on Il popular street are two
women with very long hair. For months
they have stood there brushing their tlcsscs
and Ion the same length of timo the Sidewalk,
has been well nigh blockadcG.
Ill horse drops dead in the street tho pco-
pie halt, and not until tho poor animals
corpse becomes offensive Will they consent to
move on The streets of New Yorl, ALWAYS
contain large proportion of people who
never bother thenselvc; about time. They
halt whenever anything interests them and
stay till they have aprcascd their curiosity
n stage struck daughter trying to escape
from home with her trunk held an audience
from o'clock until 6 ono day lately The
old man. in tho case, otherwise tho parent
OF thc young lady, was peculiarly obstinate,
ana the lar Juliet herself was as persistent
as she was beautiful. The miscellaneous
throng took sides as tho matter progressed
and grew in interest. Some even went Up to
demonstrate with tho old man. Some went
away and returned with several friends. AL
together it was scene we'll calculated to dis
sipate the idea lurking in the rural mind that
crowds arc not permitted to stand On New
York sidewalks GERTRUDE GARRISON.